Frank Hodgkinson: career timeline

Australian · 1919–2001 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 32 of 39 lots (84% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Frank Hodgkinson: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1950s	5	4	$4.2kSign up	Oil
1960s	5	2	$1.8kSign up	Lithograph
1970s	3	1	$4kSign up	Oil
1980s	4	3	$3.1kSign up	Oil
1990s	13	11	$301Sign up	Screenprint
2000s	1	1	$2kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $4.2kSign up
Average: $5.1kSign up
Typical size: 26 × 35.5 in (66 × 90 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1), Markets & villages (1), Beach scenes (1)

1960s 5 works

Sold: 2 of 5
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 18 in (36 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (3), Other (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (4)

1961 Bull & SymbolsUnsold
1961 Bull & SymbolsUnsold
1961 Bull & SymbolsUnsold
1963 The Barren Passion of Summer$3.4kSign up
1967 Bull$201Sign up · sold 2×

1970s 3 works

Sold: 1 of 3
Median: $4kSign up
Average: $4kSign up
Typical size: 59.5 × 42 in (151 × 107 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1977 Six works for the Sepik DiaryUnsold
1979 East Alligator Billabong II$4kSign up
1979 Jabiluka Billabong 1979Unsold

1980s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $3.1kSign up
Average: $3.6kSign up
Typical size: 49.5 × 57 in (126 × 145 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Beach scenes (1), Sea & coast (1)

1980 Lightning Dreaming' [The Arnhem Land Escarpment]$689Sign up
1981 Dinah Beach, Darwin 1981Unsold
1986 Botanic Gardens 1986$7kSign up
1989 Sea Fossils Shore$3.1kSign up

1990s 13 works

Sold: 11 of 13
Median: $301Sign up
Average: $599Sign up
Typical size: 23 × 29 in (59 × 74 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (4), Etching (3), Lithograph (2)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (1), Boats (1)

1990 Sweet Lips$211Sign up
1991 The Way of the Spotted Eagle Owl$301Sign up
1991 Elephant Foreplay$143Sign up
1992 The Horse CrossedUnsold
1992 Sugar Glider$137Sign up
1994 Moorish Idol$312Sign up
1995 Yachts in Full SailUnsold
1995 Scribbly Gum Totem I 1995$2kSign up
1995 Angophora Totems II$2kSign up
1998 Nude III,' Paris$508Sign up
1999 Maritime Totems II$228Sign up
1999 Maritime Totems I$208Sign up

Show 1 more (1990s)

1999 Maritime Totems II$572Sign up

2000s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 43.5 × 50 in (111 × 127 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

2000 Bungle Bungle Wet$2kSign up

Creation date not recorded

6 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $388Sign up
Average: $395Sign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 19.5 in (32 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (3), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

sold 2012 Inyalak Hill$728Sign up
sold 2012 Death Adder Track$624Sign up
sold 2016 Mortime Toteme I$77Sign up
sold 2017 (on view only in Sydney, items to be collected from Sydney at purchasers expense)$152Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $73Sign up
Average: $73Sign up
Typical size: 31 × 22.5 in (79 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1), Aquatint (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2023 Trevi Fountain, RomeUnsold · sold 2×
sold 2024 Pelican Nestlings$73Sign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Frank Hodgkinson auction results →